Now Hear This Festival 2026: Elusive Things: Standing Wave Ensemble | Makenna Graham
Schedule
Sat, 13 Jun, 2026 at 07:30 pm
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Holy Trinity Edmonton | Edmonton, AB
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Bringing the festival to spectacular close, New Music Edmonton is honoured to present our guests from Vancouver, Standing Wave, in an exhilarating program of new work that will take you to some very unexpected places. There are only a handful of Canadian ensembles comparable to Standing Wave: now in their fourth decade, the group has, since its inception, commissioned and performed dozens of new works by Canadian composers. With several albums to their credit, the group has been nominated for many Juno and Western Canadian Music awards. This concert offers a great selection of classical music behaving badly, and will include works by some of our country’s most important composers, each of them nominees or winners of several Juno Awards. Get ready for an onslaught of glitches, raucous psychedelia, misfiring thoughts, alongside some of the most profoundly meditative and ecstatically gorgeous music you will hear anywhere! Standing Wave: Christie Reside, AK Coope, Rebecca Whitling, Cristian Markos, Allen Stiles, and Vern Griffiths
Program: Bekah Simms, single Red flower; Linda Caitlin Smith, new work; Nicole Lizée, Turntaazm; Dorothy Chang, Of All Things Elusive; Bekah Simms, Metamold
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June 5-13, 2026
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Venues: Mile Zero Dance Space (9931 – 78 Avenue NW, Edmonton) and Holy Trinity Anglican Church (10037 84 Ave, Edmonton)
Now Hear This 2026 features: Pigeon Breeders with Kate Stashko | Alicia Proudfoot; Echo Ensemble 悦耳歌; kirmeve | Borborygmi |Tamarack Cunningham | Tzadeka | Andrew Noakes and Julien Eveneshen; Standing Wave. Composers include Linda Caitlin Smith, Dorothy Chang, Nicole Lizee, Bekah Sims, Makenna Graham, and Virginia Wan.
So it’s our 40th season and the 15th edition of our annual festival. Now Hear This continues to be the only festival in our region that features this variety of forward-looking, sound-centered creativity. It’s worth coming to the whole festival, even if you’re not sure what’s on: you will definitely come away with some unforgettable experiences, and gain a really great picture of the latest in sonic art and experimental music, instrumental composition, and multidisciplinary collaborations. On top of that, we love including a couple of participatory outreach sessions during the festival. Buy a festival pass and see it all!
Thank you to our festival media sponsors Taproot Edmonton and Exclaim!
Festival Passes start at $60
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Re-Zoning: Pigeon Breeders with Kate Stashko | Alicia Proudfoot – Perennial
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Friday, June 5, 2026 7:30 PM
Mile Zero Dance Space (9931 – 78 Avenue NW, Edmonton)
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管弦回響: Echoes of Winds and Strings
Echo Ensemble 悦耳歌 | Virginia Wan – Consensus 43
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Saturday, June 6, 2026 7:30 PM
Mile Zero Dance Space (9931 – 78 Avenue NW, Edmonton)
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Rising Sounds: A Celebration of New Voices from Amiskwaciy-wâskahikan (Edmonton)
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Friday, June 12, 2026 7:30 PM
Mile Zero Dance Space (9931 – 78 Avenue NW, Edmonton)
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